Bay Harbour: January 08, 2020

Wednesday January 8 2020
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•Former Bay Harbour News journalist Matt Salmons has become a stayat-home
dad. We follow his journey weekly.
Biscuits, torn paper
and new decades
WOWEE, a whole new
decade. A whole new year.
And one where we can
all clearly see the future . . .
because it’s 2020.
Get it? Come on, it’s
begging for awful dad
jokes. Happy New Year
everybody, here’s to it
bringing us all happiness,
adventure and new
experiences.
This week I’ll run you
through a couple of my
highlights of Vittoria’s
second Christmas.
On Christmas Eve I got
brave and baked biscuits
with her for the first time.
I even let her cut them into
Christmas shapes with my
new moulds, something
she took to like a duck
cutting water.
She was more than happy
to cooperate and stir or
mix when needed for the
actual biscuit part of the
task, which was one of
those amazingly affirming
parenting moments. It felt
like we were a real team.
That feeling even lasted
into the icing, only slipping
a little as she continously
dipped her finger into
the sugary mixture to eat
it while simultaniously
pouring the majority of
it onto one heart shaped
bikkie.
And it completely
disappeared later while
Laura and I prepped for
our traditional family
Christmas Eve dinner,
although Vittoria was
clearly just tired and
feeling left out. She kind of
disolved into a mix of over
excited running around
the kitchen, or crying
and wanting to be picked
up while my hands were
covered in prawn juice.
However, I think the
yuletide joy had really
clicked for Vittoria
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earlier in the day, when our
amazing neighbour came
over to spoil her with the
gift of her first bicycle.
Not only was it a large
box covered in bright paper
she could tear open, but
there was something for
her inside. Something she
never knew she wanted
so much, but now she was
literally bringing me tools
and bike bits in an effort
for me to build it faster
so she could sit on it and
pretend to ride it.
While that definitely
whetted her appetite for
tearing open gifts, she
managed to contain herself
when we arrived at my
mum’s in Waikuku for
Christmas Day lunch.
VITTORIA
& Matt
BAKING: Big smiles while mixing the biscuit
dough.
She only made one
“ooooo” sound as she
passed the presents under
the tree on the way in and
didn’t try to take things
into her own hands before
the official opening time
started, once people could
move again after lunch.
With her grandad very
obediently working as
torn paper holder, Vittoria
boldly tore through
unwrapping her gifts with
100 times more interest
than she had shown on her
first Christmas.
I’m sure she’ll be
even more excited next
Christmas. Just as I’m sure
that that will be just one
of the many adventures
awaiting us this year.
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